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Kilmore Historical Society
Arithmetic, Arithmetic, Standard 5, Pre-1902
Southern Cross Series. Specially written to meet the requirements of the New Zealand Code. Sold by William P. Linehan, 309 Lit. Collins Street, Melbourne.Softcover book with hand-stitched brown cover. 128 pp. Good condition.Title page top, 'Henry. Carey. J.P./Bald Hills/Kilmore East/March 29 - 3 - 1902'. Inside front cover, various arithmetical calculations.arithmetic text, henry carey -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Ceramic, Glazed vase, c1986
Tom Nestor studied a Diploma of Fine Art at Ballarat College of Advanced Education (later Federation University) in 1980, 1981 and 1982 with the intending to be a secondary teacher. Instead, he opened his own ceramics studio in Bald Hills at his parents property near Creswick. He worked for potteries in Albury and Healesville as well as Old Ballarat Pottery as a production thrower. In 1985 he moved to Belgrave where he continued to work producing kitchenware and garden pots till mid 1986. Works may be marked with an impressed stamp as on this vase "Tom Nestor Bald Hills Handcrafted"Glazed vase with cobalt blue leaves.ceramics, australian studio pottery, tom nestor, bald hills pottery -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, 1980s
The photograph was taken above Reservoir Road on the lower slopes of Mt. Holden. It is looking south down Wilson's Lane towards some of the early Sunbury developments which grew around the Gap Road area in the early 1980s.A landscape coloured photograph with rounded corners. It is a panoramic view of Sunbury taken from the southern slopes of Mt. Holden. In the foreground there is a small cluster of trees and in the middle distance there is some evidence of housing development. Bald Hill can be seen on the skyline.wilson's lane, mt. holden, bald hill, sunbury, george evans collection -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Uniform - Shoulder patch, US Army Airborne
Worn by the United States Army 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). The division was known to the Americans as the :Screaming Eagles". However, their bald eagle patch led to the North Vietnamese Army referring to 101st Airborne soldiers as "chicken men".A narrow curved black cloth patch with yellow embroidery. AIRBORNEunited states, airborne, patch, vietnam, badge -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CONNELLY, TATCHELL, DUNLOP COLLECTION: LETTER FROM A. COMMANS
Lettercard, grey with red writing, one penny stamp image printed thereon, from A. Commans, Bald Rock, 7/2/93, re cheque being posted on Friday or Saturday. Red one penny stamp image at the top of the document .business, legal, a. commans -
Pyrenees Shire Council
painting, Vivienne Wheeler, Late Afternoon on the Raglan Road Beaufort by Vivienne Wheeler, 1988
significant as a work of art by local Pyrenees artist, locally significant to the Central Highlands Region of Victoria as a representation of local landscape and/or culture "signed: V Wheeler 88 (lower left) verso (affixed): Vivienne Wheeler RMB 696 Bald Hills 3364 Late afternoon on the Raglan Rd, B'fort oil $500 1989 Ripponshire Art Award ""THE FIRS"" V Wheeler" -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Puppet, The Scribe, WW2
The puppets were made by German POW's in camp 13 and sent to internment camp 3 as gifts for the children at Christmas time.Hand painted orange paper mache head with goatie beard, blue eyes and white eyebrows. Wearing a long black and white dress with a grey collar and cuffs over a cream with little red flower skirt which is trimmed in grey. Legs are cream material with wooden feet. Hands are wood. Hair is white with bald head.pow puppets, pow handcrafts, hand puppets, sharon lohe, ww2 camp puppet theatre -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, Schlossberg Vineyard, 1909
Schlossberg Vineyard was situated along Vineyard Road in Sunbury, between Winilba and the Calder Highway. It was established by Felix Frederick Bubeck, who arrived in Australia from Rotenberg (near Stuggart) in the 1860. In 1866 he acquired 60 acres of land on Bald Hill and established the vineyard. In 1880, claret produced on the property received an honourable mention when it was exhibited in Bordeaux, France,From the mid 1850s a number of vineyards were established on the hillsides overlooking Vineyard Road. The east facing outlook that captured the morning sun was ideal for growing grapevines. Other vineyards were also established in the area at the same time.A black and white copy of a postcard of two photographs mounted on the one card with the original handwritten message photocopied on the back. To my dear brother & sister with love and good wishes for a Merry Xmas & a prosperous 1909. Thanks for the paper Your loving sister Marie. You will think it a good photo You will see the trees have grown almost hiding the house. Mr. A Senling, Cheetham St. Kalgoorlie Sth. WAfelix frederick bubeck, schlossberg vineyard, bald hill, vineyards -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, Poultry Breeders Field Day, 1953
Note by T.H. Kneen 24 June 1992, "Can identify Mr. Talbot Chief Veterinary Officer Department of Agriculture - bald headed gentleman seated towards right. Second from his right is Mrs. D. Kneen, Principal's wife. The N.U.P.B.A. Field Days were held annually. At that time the Egg-Laying Competition was under the administrative control of the School of Horticulture." .Black and white photograph. Large group of men, women and children gathered on the lawn in front of the Administration Building. Also see B91.269On reverse, "N.U.P.B.A. Field Day Feb 1953." (National Union of Poultry Breeders Association?)men, women, children, lawn, administration building, nupba, field day, 1953, national union of poultry breeders association, mr. talbot, chief veterinary officer, department of agriculture, principal's wife, egg-laying competition, school of horticulture, mrs d kneen -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Leisure object - Doll, Baby, 1970s
Given to donor's daughter by her cousinPlastic baby doll dressed in pink hand knitted dress and pants. Doll is bald but has eye lashes and open and shut eyes. The pants are knitted in stocking stitch with elastic threaded through at the waist. The dress is sleeveless with a pink button on each shoulder. The skirt is knitted in a lace pattern with a crochet tie threaded through the waist. The bodice is knitted in stocking stitch.toys, dolls, doll's clothes -
Tennis Australia
Racquet, Circa 1915
A wooden tennis racquet with parchment shoulder reinforcements (around underside), black and red whipping, and a bald handle. Partially legible inscription along throat on obverse: THE/W[INNER] . Inscription across throat, on reverse: F.J. BANCROFT/PAWTUCKET/R.I. Manufacturing details also feature along left side of shaft. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, String, Parchmenttennis -
Tennis Australia
Racquet, Circa 1918
A Wright and Ditson 'DC Model' (i.e. Davis Cup Model) tennis racquet, with: concave throat; bevelled crown; string whipping around shoulders; and, bald, thick octagonal handle. Decal inscription along throat on obverse: WRIGHT & DITSON/DC/MODEL. Wright & Ditson cursive logo features along throat on reverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Paint, Ink, Leather, Gut, Stringtennis -
Tennis Australia
Racquet, Circa 1925
A wooden tennis racquet with red and white string whipping, and a bald handle. Inscription across throat on obverse: TARTAR, accompanied by illustration of Mongol warrior. Inscription across throat, on reverse: F.J. BANCROFT/PAWTUCKET/R.I./... Accomapnying decal trademark comprises of an eagle grasping a tennis racquet, in front of the Globe, with motto: USED/THE WORLD OVER. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, Stringtennis -
Tennis Australia
Racquet, Circa 1935
A wooden tennis racquet with string whipping around enamelled shoulders, and a bald leather handle. Decal across throat features the Czechoslovakian flag. Inscription across shaft on obverse: KAREL B. KOZELUH/M.P. Inscription along shaft on reverse: DUNLOP. 'D' trademark features on black butt cover. Decal of product retailer features on right side of shaft. Materials: Wood, Nylon, String, Paint, Ink, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metaltennis -
Tennis Australia
Racquet, Circa 1935
A wooden tennis racquet with string whipping around shoulders and shaft, and a bald leather handle. Decal across base of head, on obverse: SUPERIOR/DUNLOP/PRODUCTS. Head and neck decal image of Vincent Richards, with signature reproduction feature across shaft on obverse. Inscription along throat on reverse: DUNLOP/SPEED/THROAT. 'D' trademark features on black butt cover. Materials: Wood, Gut, String, Ink, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metaltennis -
Tennis Australia
Racquet, Circa 1977
A Bancroft Super Winner tennis racquet, with ribbon whipping around shoulders, bamboo lamination, fibreglass reinforcements, and bald leather handle grip. Bancroft logo features across base of head. Shaft features model name. Lower shaft features 'B' trademark. Older red 'B' trademark on butt cap. Materials: Wood, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, Plastic, Paint, Adhesive tape, Ribbon, Nylon, Fibreglass, Bambootennis -
Woodend RSL
Hat, Unknown
Cap was donated by the Captain and Crew of USS CARL VINSON.A blue baseball cap - USS Carl VinsonGold coloured cotton thread - “USS Carl Vinson” and “CVN-70” on crown of the cap Embroidered bald eagle in white, gold and brown thread on crown of the cap between USS Carl Vinson and CVN-70 Embroidered acorns and oak leaves in gold thread on peak of cap. Label of maker inside cap.uss, carl vinson, cap, cvn-70, made in u.s.a, the corps -
Tennis Australia
Racquet, Circa 1976
A Bancroft Bjorn Borg Personal tennis racquet, with ribbon whipping around shoulders, and bald leather handle grip. Bancroft logo features across base of head. Throat and shaft feature model name with 'Bjorn Borg' logo, and 'BJ' trademark. Wreathed 'B' trademark features on lower shaft, and red 'B' trademark on butt cap. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, Plastic, Paint, Ribbon, Adhesive tapetennis -
Tennis Australia
Racquet, Circa 1976
A Bancroft Bjorn Borg Personal tennis racquet, with ribbon whipping around shoulders, and bald leather handle grip. Bancroft logo features across base of head. Throat and shaft feature model name with 'Bjorn Borg' logo, and 'BJ' trademark. Wreathed 'B' trademark features on lower shaft, and red 'B' trademark on butt cap. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, Plastic, Paint, Ribbon, Adhesive tapetennis -
Tennis Australia
Racquet, Circa 1976
A Bancroft Bjorn Borg Personal tennis racquet, with ribbon whipping around shoulders, and bald leather handle grip. Bancroft logo features across base of head. Throat and shaft feature model name with 'Bjorn Borg' logo, and 'BJ' trademark. Wreathed 'B' trademark features on lower shaft, and red 'B' trademark on butt cap. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, Plastic, Paint, Ribbon, Adhesive tapetennis -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Digital Images re Emma Courtis (nee Thomas)
Emma Thomas Collection: Items were owned by Emma Courtis, nee Thomas (1854-3/3/1937. Family lived in Hamelin St, White Hills. Clothing items possibly made by Emma or a local person in White Hills area and used around 1890s. Emma's family include Elizabeth Penrose (mother), Solomon Thomas (father), and Richard Courtis, a blacksmith (her husband). Richard Courtis married Emma Thomas in 1875 and they moved to Melbourne in 1922.Three digital photographs relating to Emma Thomas. a. Emma in her later years but no date recorded. b. The wedding photo is of Emma and Richard's daughter, Ada, who married Hedley Thomas. Donor's grandfather, Richard, is seventh in the third row from the left. He had a moustache then, but she remembers him as a bald man with round glasses. Richard and Emma Courtis are in the third row, fourth, and fifth from the left of the photo. c. Headstone of Emma and Richard who died in Melbourne and are buried there.emma thomas, emma courtis, richard courtis -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, Aitkens Gap Police Barracks, c1922
Frank Millett and his nephew Hopper Cahill are the two people standing by the building after spending the day shooting rabbits in 1922. They are standing in front of the Aitkens Gap Police Barracks. In the 1860s the gaol and stables were sold to George Millett and added to the Millett property. The Barracks and the new farm homestead were built by Mick Morrison. The Bald Hill Hotel at Aitkens Gap on the Bendigo Road (Calder Highway) was guilt by George Millett in 1854 and functioned until the gold began to run out after the Victorian Gold Rush of the 1850s. The Millett family continued to farm until 1967. The family also and operated hotels in the local area. A black and white photograph backed onto a white board of a man and a child holding some dead rabbits and standing in front of the doorway of a bluestone building. frank millett, george millett, aitkens gap gaol, hopper cahill -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph, Conversation in Celia Little Room, c. 1955
This photograph is a snapshot of how the Celia Little Room was used in the late 1950s, and the people who visited the Mission to Seafarers Melbourne at the time.The Mission to Seafarers Melbourne is a place of respite for visiting seafarers since 1917. The image shows a particular point in history in the Celia Little Room at the Mission, where the services provided to seafarers are being used.The image depicts a group of people in the foreground of the Celia Little Room at Mission to Seafarers Melbourne. A Priest is sitting to the left of a table with a number of tea cups and saucers. There is a man sitting in the middle with his arms crossed with his elbows on the table. A lady sits to the right of the table and she is holding a cup and saucer. Another man is sitting between the lady and the man with his arms crossed, he is bald. There are two men in the background who appear to be reading, one man is partially blocked from view by the man at the table with his arms crossed. The walls are timber lined.The reverse side of the photograph in the top right corner is an "O" with what appears to be a "9" in the middle of the "O". table, tea, reverend, reading, mission-to-seafarers-melbourne, celia-little-room, priest, wains-coting, flinders-street -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CONNELLY, TATCHELL, DUNLOP COLLECTION: LEGAL PAPERS, 1895 to 1899
Document. Various legal papers. 1 - 1899 - Account to Grylls Messrs N M & J G for costs. 2 - 1899 - Account to Moorhead R J Esq for costs. 3 - 1899 - Account to Lees John (Farmer Elmore) for costs. 4 - Blue envelope addressed to Newton Mr R Jr. contains 2 accounts. One titled Newton Mr R, Farmer, Bald Rock re Keogh & McKay, dated 1895. One titled Newton Mr R, Pyramid Hill re Will, dated 1898.cottage, miners, connelly, tatchell & dunlop, grylls messrs n m & j g, moorhead r j, lees john, newton mr r jr, keogh & mckay -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document, Ballarat School of Mines Diploma Staff and Salaries, 1968, 1968
The Ballarat School of Mines is a predecessor institution of Federation University.Three typed pages (2 foolscap) relating to Ballarat School of Mines Diploma Staff and Salaries. .1) Correspondence from C.A. Sweeney of the Department of Education and Science, Brisbane after a visit to the Ballarat School of Mines. .2) Two foolscap pages listing Ballarat School of Mines staff within there subject area, along with their salary in 1968. Names include E.J. Barker, Harold Trudinger, E.A. Bald, Len Hillman, W.H. Rofe, E.W. Ryan, R.K. Oakes, J.E. Brown, Derek Woolley, D.G. Harrie, A.C. Burrow, Dave jelbart, Zig Plavina, J. Ralston, J.V. Crotty, P.G. Dyson, Bill Vermeend, Lindsay Pattenden, A.L. McKenzie, K.T. Brady, W.J. Goldfinch, P.L. Day, P.G. Dyson, M.K. Aston, G.W. Barrell, F.H. Hooper, M. Page, P.J. Smith, F. Hogarth, R.W. Monteith, Bill Durant, B.D. Gardner, A.H. Firestone, R.S. Fenton, A.H. Aldersey, S. Bamford, Geoff Mainwaring, D.T. Kellock, B. Bryan, Edith Lawn, F.W. Moritz, Helen Ross, A.C. Miller, Arch Mackinnon, I.E. Black, G.T. Anderson, I.T. Sheehy, Geoff Biddington, E.R. McGrath, F.R. Fairhall, D.T. Bowers, I.L. Hunter, Pat Hope, D.G. Williams. L.M. Jardine, J.M. Fitzgerald, P. Page, R. Strachan, .3) Handwritten note relating to compilation of .2) barker, trudinger, bald, hillman, rofe, ryan, oakes, brown, woolley, harrie, burrow, jelbart, plavina, ralston, crotty, dyson, vermeend, pattenden, mckenzie, brady, goldfinch, day, dyson, aston, barrell, hooper, page, smith, hogarth, monteith, durant, gardner, firestone, fenton, aldersey, bamford, mainwaring, kellock, bryan, lawn, moritz, ross, miller, mackinnon, black, anderson, sheehy, biddington, mcgrath, fairhall, bowers, hunter, hope, williams. jardine, fitzgerald, page, strachan, -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph, 1955 - 1962
Alec Pederick was born in 1902 and left school at 15 to work on his parents' farm at Wyuna, Kyabrum,Victoria. After receiving a sense of call he trained for the Methodist ministry and was appointed to his first parish at Zeehan, Tasmania in 1927. He was called to serve with the Methodist Overseas Mission in New Britain and New Ireland in 1929. He married Dorothy Clarke just before he left. After four years in PNG he returned through ill-health to Victoria. He was appointed to the Beaufort Circuit in 1933 and then in 1936 to the Methodist Home Missions Department. He was called up as an Army chaplain in 1942 and sent on active service in Papua New Guinea. He was discharged in 1944 and returned to the Home Missions Department. He was appointed acting General Superintendent in 1944 and then General Superintendent in 1946, a position he held until 1962. He also served as Director of the Federal Methodist Inland Mission for a time. He died in 1972.Set of 8 photos (F68-3 has two additional copies) of Rev. Alec W. Pederick L. Th. All six photographs were taken at approximately the same age - late middle age - while still General Superintendent of the Victorian Home Missions department. Mostly bald, bespectacled man wearing glasses and clerical collar and stock and dark suit. All B&W. F68-1 is a cutting from The Spectator. F68-2 shows Pederick looking directly at the camera, unsmiling. F68-3 shows Pederick smiling looking to the right of the camera. F68-4 and F68-5 were taken as he was seated holding a large, open folder of papers, looking at the folder in -4 and to the right of the camera in -5. F 68-6 shows Pederick standing outside in a garden or "the bush" dressed in clerical garb with an overcoat. He is holding what looks like a camera and he is looking away from the camera.All the photos except F68-6 have an identification by name (Rev. A. W. Pederick" and all bar F68-6 have also identified him as General Superintendent and F68-3-5 identify him as General Superintendent Methodist Home Missions. F68-3 has "President of Conference 1955" typed on the back in red ink.pederick, a. w., zeehan, methodist overseas mission, methodist inland mission, beaufort, army chaplain, new britain, new ireland -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera, Victorian Railways, Set of railway tickets - Ballarat, 1970s
Tickets used by passengers to or from Ballarat: 1 - First class single - brown - Ballarat to Melbourne - 3 August 1971 - No. 6888 2 & 3 - Economy single - fawn - Ballarat to Melbourne - 3 August 1971 - Nos. 45816 and 817 4 - Economy single - blue - Melbourne to Ballarat - 30 August 1975 - No. 31340 5 - Second class single - blue - Melbourne to Ballarat - 11 June 1982 - No. 5864 6 - Second class child single - blue with red strip - Melbourne to Ballarat - 11 June 1982 - No. 0846 7 - Second class return - blue and fawn - Melbourne to Ballarat - 4 April 1970 - No. 31261 8 - Second class child return - blue and fawn with red strip - Melbourne to Ballarat - overprinted Privilege - No. 0338 9 - Economy return - blue and fawn - North Geelong to Ballarat - not used - No. 4559 10 - Second class - Departmental - blue - Ballarat to Geelong - issued at Melbourne - not used No. 0252 11 - Second class single - blue - Ballarat to Bald Hills - 24 July 1971 - No. 20061 12 - Second class single - fawn - Ballarat to Dunnswtown - 24 July 1971 - No. 15531 13 - Second class child single - blue - Ballarat to Creswick - 24 July 1971 - No. 4389 14 - Second class single - blue - Ballarat to Smythesdale - 24 July 1971 - No. 26763 15 - Ballarat Platform - offwhite with brown stripes - No. 28855 16 - Facsimile ticket - First class Holiday return excursion to Tourello - No. 0021 17 - facsimile ticket - 2nd class holiday return excursion to Tourelle - No. 0021 16 and 17 issued by the Ballarat Tramway Museum and the Model Traction Association of Victoria tour ticket - not know when produced. Demonstrates styles of tickets issued by the Victorian Railways during the 1970s.Set of 17 Edmondson type card railway tickets - printed for use at Ballarat or other Railway Stations, various colours in accordance with the ticketting manuals.railways, tickets, platform ticket, ballarat -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, Black and white, Bill Doyle (Reverend C.J. Eldridge-Doyle), c. 1950
The photograph portrays the main hall of the Mission to Seamen as it was used c.1950.The photograph is documents a moment in history that reflects how the main hall of the Mission to Seamen was used around the 1950s. The photograph also portrays one of many events held by the Ladies Harbour Lights Guild as one of the services provided for visiting seafarers.A black and white photograph inside the Mission to Seafarers Melbourne main hall. In the foreground there are two couples; on the left side of the photograph the couple are facing the left side, a man in a suit, vest and tie and a lady to the right in a mid-length skirt, jumper and short hair. The couple on the right of the photograph are facing each other - the lady has her back to the camera, and the man facing more toward the camera, he is also in a suit and is balding. A couple are standing in the mid ground, central in the photograph; a lady is on the left in a light coloured cardigan, mid length skirt and short dark hair; the man on the right is wearing a dark suit and tie, and a light coloured shirt. There are a number of people in the background that are partly concealed by the couples in the mid-foreground. An archway is visible to the left, that leads to the 'cafeteria', and an arch window can be seen on the right side of the photograph in the background, The hardwood floorboards are visible, as is the wainscote (wood panelling) on the walls in the background. A clock is situated right of centre on the back wall.collar, clock, vest, window, suit, 1950s, main-hall, tie, wainscote, cardigan, jumper, skirt, arch, bald, lhlg, dance, socialising, events, entertainments, mission to seafarers, mission to seamen, seamen mission, flinders street, ladies harbour lights guild, hardwood, floorboards, wood panelling -
Royal District Nursing Service (now known as Bolton Clarke)
Photograph - Photograph, black and white, 1958
This photograph depicts a Melbourne District Nursing Service (MDNS) Sister administering an injection to a gentleman in his own home in the suburbs of Melbourne. The Sister is wearing the MDNS winter grey uniform short sleeve dress and grey wool beret with a central red Maltese cross. Glass syringes were used until the mid 1960s when plastic disposable syringes were then used.The Trained nurses of the Melbourne District Nursing Society (MDNS), then Melbourne District Nursing Service from 1957, and from 1966 known as Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS), visited patients in their home and gave best practice care in many fields of nursing and to people of many cultures throughout its 130 years of expansion. Initial visits not only assessed the specific nursing situation but the situation as a whole. Their patients ranged in age from babes, children, adults to the elderly and referrals were taken from Hospitals, General Practitioners and allied Health facilities. Some of the care the Sisters provided is as follows: – Post-Natal care given to mother and babe, Wound Care following various types of surgery, accidents, burns, cancer, leg ulcers etc. Supervising and teaching Diabetic Care, including teaching and supervising people with Diabetes to administer their own Insulin, and administering Insulin to those unable to give their own injections. Administering other injections and setting up weekly medication boxes. The Sisters performed Catheterizations on adults suffering from conditions such as Quadriplegia, Paraplegia, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Motor Neurone Disease (MND) and Guillan-Barre Syndrome, and when required at school on children for e.g. those with Spina Bifida. The Sisters visited those requiring Cystic Fibrosis support and care; those requiring Haemo-Oncology care, including visiting children at school; those requiring Home Enteral Feeding care, and those requiring IV therapy at home and home Dialysis. Palliative Care was given including pain relief with the use of syringe drivers, personal care as needed, and advice and support to both patient and family. The Sisters provided Stoma management to those needing Urostomy, Ileostomy and Colostomy care and those requiring Continence care. HIV/AIDS nursing care was provided; visits to Homeless Persons were made. Personal care was given to patients ranging in age and with varying mobility problems, such as those with MS, MND, Guillan-Barre Syndrome, Quadriplegia, Paraplegia, Acquired Brain Injury, to those following a Cerebrovascular Accident (Stroke), those with severe Arthritis and those with a form of Dementia. When necessary the elderly were assisted with personal care and advice given on safety factors with the use of hand rails, bath or shower seats, and hand showers. Rehabilitation with an aim towards independence remained at the forefront of the Sister’s minds and when possible using aids and instruction on safe techniques enabled the person to become fully independent. All care included giving advice and support to the patient and their Carers. The Sisters liaised with the persons Doctor, Hospital and allied Health personal when necessary. This photograph depicts Melbourne District Nursing Service (MDNS) Sister Mary Maxwell administering an injection into the left upper arm of Mr Cannestra. On the left of the photograph Mr Cannestra is sitting on the padded arm of his patterned couch; he has his left arm extended. His head, which is bald with some white hair at the side and rear, is turned towards the Sister who is standing on his right. He is wearing a grey shirt and his grey trousers are held up with braces. Sister Maxwell is wearing a white gown over her grey uniform with the collar seen. She is wearing a grey wool beret with central Maltese cross, over her short, dark hair. She is standing beside the patient and her left hand is holding his left arm with his shirt sleeve rolled up to expose his upper arm. She is holding the angled barrel of a glass and metal syringe in her right hand and some of the needle can be seen against Mr. Cannestra's arm. In the background the wall is covered with a striped wallpaper, and to the right part of a long floral curtain can be seen. To the right in the foreground, a round dark tray with jar, small bottle containing the medication for injection, a glass and a white cloth, sit on a small round table with a white and patterned tablecloth.La Trobe Street Studios. Reference number 59134-21melbourne district nursing service, mdns, mdns - injection, royal district nursing service, rdns, sister mary maxwell, mr cannestra -
Unions Ballarat
Eureka : The songs that made Australia, 31 cm
Songs of Australian heritage for voice. Melody line only with chord symbols. Includes guitar tablature for chords. Convicts, transportation and sea shanties. Pioneering, goldrush days and bushrangers. Shearers, drovers and bush life. Swagmen, Victorian expansion, sporting life and disasters. Contents: • According to the Act • The Albury ram • Another fall of rain • Australia's on the Wallaby • The bald-headed end of the broom • The ballad of Ben Hall • The ballad of the Kelly Gang • The banks of the Condamine • The big-gun shearer • The black velvet band • The blackboys Waltzing Matilda • Bluey Brink • Bold Jack Donohue • Bound for Botany Bay • Brisbane ladies • Cain killed Abel • The cane-cutter's lament • The carrier's song • The Catalpa • Charlie Mopps • Click go the shears • The cockies of Bungaree • Colonial experience • Coming down the flat • The convict maid • The currency lasses • The death of Alec Robertson • The death of Ben Hall • The death of Willie Stone • Denis O'Reilly • The drover's dream • The dying aviator • The dying stockman • Eight little cylinders • The Eldorado mining disaster • The exile of Erin • Farewell to Greta • Flash Jack from Gundagai • The flash stockman • Frank Gardiner • The freehold on the plain • The gaol song • The girls of the Shamrock Shores • The golden gullies of the Palmer • The gumtree canoe • The Hamfat man • Heenan and Sayers • Henry's downfall • Here's adieu to all judges and juries • I've been to Australia, Oh • Jim Jones at Botany Bay • Jog along til shearing • John Kanaka • The Lachlan Tigers • Leave her, jollies, leave her • Les Darcy • The limejuice tub • Look out below • Maggie May • Maids of Australia • Man of the Earth • The Maryborough miner • Moreton Bay • The morning of the fray • Morrisey and the Russian sailor • Musselman • The mustering song • My name is Edward Kelly • Nails • The new chum Chinaman • Nine miles from Gundagai • The nose on my old man • Oh, give me a hut • The old bark hut • The old bullock dray • One of the has-beens • The overlanders • Pint Pot and Billy • Pity poor labourers • Radcliffe Highway • The rigs of the time • Rolling home • The Ryebuck shearer • Sam Holt • Sign-on day • Sixteen thousand miles from home • South Australia • The springtime it brings on the shearing • The stockman's last bed • The Sunshine Railway disaster • Tambaroora Ted • The tattooed lady • Ten thousand miles away • The tent poles are rotten • Travelling down the Castlereagh • Tumba-bloody-Rumba • The two professional hums • Van Diemen's Land • The wallaby brigade • When we get our tuppence back • The wild colonial boy • Woolloomooloo Australian culture, folklore and history in songs.Paper; paperback book. Front cover: multicoloured background; picture of swaggy with guitar; picture of Eureka flag; black and green lettering. Back cover: red, orange and white background; Eureka flag; picture of a shearer with sheep; picture of a person in Ned Kelly armour playing a guitar on a horse; picture of woman facing the Ned Kelly figure; brand with the message "unsurpassed Australian made".Front cover: author's name and title. Back cover: author bio; praise from Jack Pobar, swagman.songs, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, convicts, transportation, sea shanties, pioneering, gold, goldrush, bushrangers, shearers, drovers, bush life, sporting life, disasters, music